as in hut
a small, simply constructed, and often temporary dwelling
a farmer's shack out in the fields that's used for lambing and as a shelter from storms
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Recent Examples of shack
On Friday, the couple gathered all their friends and family on a sailboat for a snorkel trip, followed by a sangeet at a surf shack.
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Elise Taylor, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2024
The supervisor gathered the employees up and was going to take shelter at a guard shack outside the warehouse but could not due to flying debris and sheet metal.
—Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 13 Nov. 2024
Jones and his younger brother Lloyd lived for a time in their grandmother’s shack without electricity in Louisville, Kentucky, before returning to Chicago.
—Elias Leight, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
The circle of light thrown by a campfire, the tarpaper shack by the side of a road, the stone cathedral, the gilded ballroom — each of these shaped the way music was made and heard.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Oct. 2024
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Elise Taylor, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2024
The supervisor gathered the employees up and was going to take shelter at a guard shack outside the warehouse but could not due to flying debris and sheet metal.
—Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 13 Nov. 2024
Jones and his younger brother Lloyd lived for a time in their grandmother’s shack without electricity in Louisville, Kentucky, before returning to Chicago.
—Elias Leight, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
The circle of light thrown by a campfire, the tarpaper shack by the side of a road, the stone cathedral, the gilded ballroom — each of these shaped the way music was made and heard.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for shack
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shack
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Observants build and dwell in a sukkah (a temporary hut) and wave the lulav and etrog (a palm frond and citrus fruit).Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Dec. 2024
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Punch holes in the sides of Styrofoam huts or vinyl covers if needed.Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024
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Instead, such measures will disrupt our economy, raise our living costs, create internment camps to hold immigrants in the U.S. because receiving countries will not accept them, and fuel instability abroad, leading to even more immigration pressures at our borders.Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Tent poles, for instance, are made from trees that have been naturally felled by elephants, and the whole camp runs on solar power.Nicholas DeRenzo, AFAR Media, 18 Dec. 2024
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Boaters also have the option of adding on a camper canvas, which can help keep the cabin comfy when the weather isn’t ideal.Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 26 Dec. 2024
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Gasoline engines produce a lot of excess heat which can be used to heat the interior cabin.Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Shack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shack. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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